Note: Beranek's total compensation increased 237 percent from the previous year's compensation of $1.3 million. Most of the increase was from the $3.4 million in previously issued stock options that Beranek exercised.

Shares of Clearfield, a maker of fiber-optic and copper components for the data and telecommunications markets, have alternated between years when the stock has gone up triple digits and years when the stock has declined. The stock fell 5.2 percent in the last fiscal year ended Sept. 30, but since Beranek was named CEO in June 2007, the stock has had a total annualized return of 37.2 percent.

Nearly two dozen consumer, privacy and public health groups are urging U.S. regulators to investigate whether children are being endangered by deceptive apps in Google's app store for smartphones running on its Android software.